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1 Corinthians 1:18, For the word of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God.

1. The way of Jesus does not make sense to the world, it’s foolishness.
2. For those who have confessed their sin and placed their faith in Jesus Christ for salvation, the way of Jesus makes perfect sense, it’s the power and grace of God.
3. Yet as Christians, we all experience the pull of the world to fall back in line with the way of the world.
a. To value what the world values.
b. To pursue what the world pursues: the fame, the power, all for personal gain; to be first.
4. Tonight, in our study of Matthew’s Gospel, we will come face to face with what it means to be first in the world, but last in God’s kingdom; to be last in the world, yet first in God’s eyes.
5. First or last. That’s the question.

Matthew 20:1-28

Context
1. In Matthew 19:16, we are introduced to a rich young man who asked Jesus what he needed to do to “obtain eternal life”.
2. Jesus told him exactly what he needed to become His disciple; sell his possessions, give the money to the poor, and follow Jesus. Why did Jesus say that?
3. Jesus told him to do those things in order to reveal what was preventing him from entering into the fullness of life that God wanted for him.
4. Unfortunately, the young man walked away, grieved in his heart, because he owned much property, or perhaps I should say, his property owned him.
5. As he walked away, Jesus explained to His disciples how difficult it is for a rich man to enter the kingdom of heaven, that “it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle”. (19:24)
6. In essence, Jesus said it is only when we recognize our spiritual poverty, that we are spiritually bankrupt and cannot save ourselves; that we can enter into the kingdom of heaven.
6. The disciples were amazed and asked, “Then who can be saved?” (25)
7. Jesus replied, “With men this is impossible, but with God all things are possible”. (26)
8. Peter then responded, “Behold, we have left everything and followed You; what then will there be for us?” (27)
9. Jesus declared, “Truly I say to you, that you who have followed Me, in the regeneration when the Son of Man will sit on His glorious throne, you also shall sit upon twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel. And everyone who has left houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or children or farms for My name’s sake, shall receive many times as much, and shall inherit eternal life. But many who are first will be last; and the last first.” (28-30)
10. Jesus then gave the parable that we are studying today.
This parable teaches us about God’s heart and His heart toward those who enter into the kingdom of heaven.
11. It also gives us an opportunity to look at our own hearts and to understand the way God wants us to live, the heart He wants us to have, the character He desires to pour into us, and the transformation that comes from being more like Jesus.

I. The Lord of the Vineyard is Generous

• In Matthew 20, Jesus used a parable to explain eternal life along with the blessing and rewards in the kingdom of heaven.
• The parable is about a landowner who went out early in the morning to hire laborers for his vineyard.
• It was common in that day for those who needed work to gather at some designated location to wait for a landowner to come by and hire them.
• The landowner would have hired the first men around 6 a.m. with the agreed upon wage of a denarius for a day’s work. He went out again at the third, sixth, ninth, and eleventh hours to hire more laborers.
• At the end of the day, which would have been around 6 p.m., the landowner instructed the foreman to pay the workers beginning with the last group. Each group was given a denarius.
• Those who were hired first were offended and they grumbled because they expected more.

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